Western Digital drives seem to require Windows to update firmware. Even though they could provide transparent updates via
https://fwupd.org/I've learned some of mine have dangerous firmware bugs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/c59nry/btrfs_vs_write_caching_firmware_bugs_tldr_some/es1krq2/I've posted on WD forums and filed a support ticket for this.
Maybe if enough people are a PITA about this to them, they'll finally do something about it.
https://community.wd.com/t/wdc-wd20ezrz-linux-firmware-updates-to-eliminate-firmware-bugs/273125I wonder what datacenters do...
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